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'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for

'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Men, Brotherhood, Sin
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1876). “The snow-image and other twice-told tales”, p.102

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Holiness, Sin, Enjoyment
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1990). “The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni”, p.214, Penguin

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